Boot-jack



(No Model.)

L. BOMMER.

BOOT JACK.

No. 434,653. 7 Patented Aug. 19, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LORENZ BOMMER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BOOT-JACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,653, dated. August 19, 1890.

Application filed September 9, 1889. Serial No. 323,386. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LORENZ BOMMEE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, a citizen of the United States,-

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boot-Jacks, of which the following is a specification.

. The object of this invention is to provide a boot-jack which can be folded very compactly and conveniently carried in a pocket or traveling-case.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top view of my improved bootjack, showing the same in open position ready for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same on line 1 1, Fig.1. Fig. 3 is a top view of the boot-jack shown as folded up. Fig. 4 is an end View of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line 3 3, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A A represent the two longitudinal and symmetrical sections of which my improved boot-jack is composed. The sections A are stamped up from sheet metal of suitable thickness and strength and provided at the outer edges with a downwardly-bent rim a, which serves as a re-enforce for the sections A A and imparts to the same a finished edge. The sections A A are hinged together at their inner edges, as shown in Fig. 1. Each section A is provided witha slot or recess a, to suitable bearings of which When the boot-jack is to be carried alongin traveling, the hinged sections are folded one over the other, the stays having been first folded flat against the under sides of the sections, as shown in-Figs. 3, 4, and 5. In

this folded state the boot-jack takes up very little room and can be readily packed in a trunk or satchel. quired for use, the hinged sections are opened or swung from each other and the stays placed in inclined position thereto, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which position the boot-jack can be readily used in the usual manner.

The boot-jack can be made of sheet-steel or other suitable material, and can be supplied at comparatively small expense, inasmuch as all the parts can be struck up and put together with great facility and at comparatively small expense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A boot-jack composed of two flat plates hinged together longitudinally, each of said plates being provided with a hinged stay or leg, which folds flat against the under side of the plate when the device is closed, each of said stays being provided with a projecting lug or stop, which comes in contact with the under side of the plates and holds the lug at an angle thereto when the device is in use, substantially as described.

2. A boot-jack consisting of two sections hinged together longitudinally, each of said sections being composed of stamped-out sheetmetal plates having a re-enforcing rim, said plates being provided with slots, pintles extending across said slots, and legs hinged to said pintles and adapted to fold flat against said plates when the device is closed, said legs being provided with stops for contact with the under side of the plates, or in open position, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LORENZ BOMMER.

Witnesses:

W. REIMHERR, MARTIN PETRY.

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